A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says three people in Connecticut are among dozens nationwide who have contracted a salmonella infection linked to turtles.

Three rehabilitated green sea turtles were released into the ocean on Tuesday after months of care at the South Carolina Aquarium.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 5—Kale, an endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle and beloved attraction at Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur, died last ...